HARRISBURG – Using its King’s Bench jurisdictional power, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania will now be the legal forum in which the finalization of the state’s new congressional map will take place.
HARRISBURG – According to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, a proposed victims’ rights amendment known as “Marsy’s Law” that appeared as a question on election ballots in November 2019 was unconstitutional due to the format in which it was presented, and thus citizens’ votes in favor of the measure are invalid.
HARRISBURG – A few weeks after throwing out the statewide school mask mandate issued by now-former Secretary of Health Alison Beam in September, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania released its rationale for doing so.
HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has nullified the statewide school mask mandate issued by Secretary of Health Alison Beam in September, aligning with a similar ruling from the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania handed down last month and dealing a legal blow to the administration of Gov. Tom Wolf.
PHILADELPHIA – After hearing oral arguments from counsel representing both the Republican gubernatorial candidate and Senate President pro tempore Jake Corman and the administration of Gov. Tom Wolf, citizens await a forthcoming decision on the fate of the statewide school mask mandate from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania will hear oral arguments on the statewide school mask mandate on Dec. 8, pitting opponents of the mandate including a Republican gubernatorial candidate and Senate President pro tempore, versus the administration of Gov. Tom Wolf.
HARRISBURG – In what was believed to be an issue of first impression, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recently issued a unanimous ruling which declared an expansive no-hire provision between two companies null and void under state law – while at the same time not ruling on the legality of such provisions in general.
HARRISBURG – In a 6-1 decision, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has concurred with a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation appeal looking to reverse a decision from the Commonwealth Court – which had found an unmined coal estate adjacent to highway construction was illegally seized by state transport authorities through eminent domain.
HARRISBURG – In a major victory for state Democrat officials, a 4-3 decision of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has given the Pennsylvania Democratic Party its requested three-day extension to count mail-in ballots and approved the use of drop-box locations apart from official polling places.
HARRISBURG – Once-unemployed individuals who found work as drivers for ride-share service Uber may now be eligible for unemployment compensation, a majority complement of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled on July 24.
HARRISBURG – A 5-2 majority of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recently ruled that a joint resolution from state lawmakers to end the emergency declaration put in place by Gov. Tom Wolf in response to the coronavirus pandemic was null and void, since it had not been reviewed by Wolf for either his approval or veto.
HARRISBURG – According to a new ruling from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the state’s Fair Share Act is not supposed to apply strict liability lawsuits such as asbestos cases, so verdicts will be evenly divided among multiple defendants rather than split according to the percentage each defendant is found liable.
HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has formally denied an application for reconsideration and re-argument in a significant case that gave personal injury lawyers a boost by finding the seven-year time limit on filing medical malpractice lawsuits was “unconstitutional.”
HARRISBURG – Several Pennsylvania health care organizations, business groups and the attorneys representing them have joined forces in filing a brief seeking reconsideration of a key state Supreme Court decision that found the seven-year limit on filing medical malpractice lawsuits was “unconstitutional.”
HARRISBURG – On Nov. 20, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s Western District determined that employers cannot use a fluctuating work week (FWW) method to calculate overtime for nonexempt, salaried employees.
HARRISBURG – On Oct. 31, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s Western District reversed a Commonwealth Court’s ruling that overturned an order granting Port Authority of Allegheny County a new trial after one of its bus drivers hit a pedestrian.
HARRISBURG – In a divided ruling sure to impact future medical malpractice litigation statewide, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recently ruled that the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (MCARE) Act’s repose statute violates access to the courts, as assured by the Pennsylvania State Constitution.
PITTSBURGH - The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and other defendants in a medical malpractice lawsuit over a failed liver transplant in 2003 will have to fight that litigation after a sharply split Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out a seven-year time bar.
HARRISBURG — The state Supreme Court on Oct. 18 found that arbitration is appropriate in a dispute over a pension paid to the wife of a deceased police officer and the city of Arnold.
PITTSBURGH — The state Supreme Court on May 22 ruled that police officers in Pittsburgh must only live within 25 air miles of downtown instead of within city limits, upholding a 2014 decision by an arbitrator.
